We are contrasting Talend S.A. (NASDAQ:TLND) and SAP SE (NYSE:SAP) on their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation. They both are Application Software companies, competing one another.

Earnings and Valuation

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Talend S.A.	190.15M	5.93	38.79M	-1.31	0.00
SAP SE	N/A	0.00	N/A	3.83	26.63

Table 1 demonstrates Talend S.A. and SAP SE’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

Profitability

Table 2 demonstrates the return on equity, return on assets and net margins of Talend S.A. and SAP SE.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Talend S.A.	-20.40%	-167.7%	-20.8%
SAP SE	0.00%	16.3%	9.5%

Liquidity

Talend S.A.’s Current Ratio is 1.1 while its Quick Ratio is 1.1. On the competitive side is, SAP SE which has a 1.1 Current Ratio and a 1.1 Quick Ratio. is better positioned to pay off short and long-term obligations compared to .

Dividends

SAP SE offers an annual dividend of $1.63 per share, bundled with 1.57% dividend yield. Talend S.A. does not pay a dividend.

Analyst Recommendations

The Ratings and Recommendations for Talend S.A. and SAP SE are featured in the next table.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Talend S.A.	0	0	0	0.00
SAP SE	0	1	1	2.50

SAP SE on the other hand boasts of a $137 average target price and a 31.52% potential upside.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

Talend S.A. and SAP SE has shares held by institutional investors as follows: 88.1% and 6.6%. Insiders Competitively, held 25.5% of SAP SE shares.

Performance

Here are the Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Half Yearly, Yearly and YTD Performance of both pretenders.

	Performance (W)	Performance (M)	Performance (Q)	Performance (HY)	Performance (Y)	Performance (YTD)
Talend S.A.	17.76%	-34.96%	-40.97%	-29.18%	1.34%	9.15%
SAP SE	-1.72%	-6.93%	-13.83%	-15.09%	-9.36%	-9.31%

For the past year Talend S.A. had bullish trend while SAP SE had bearish trend.

Summary

SAP SE beats on 8 of the 11 factors Talend S.A.

Talend S.A. provides platform to address IT integration needs in various industries. It designs and develops Talend Data Fabric, a software platform that integrates data and applications in real time across big data and cloud environments, as well as traditional systems, which allows organizations to develop a unified view of their business and customers. The companyÂ’s Talend Data Fabric platform includes data integration, big data integration, application integration, master data management, cloud integration, and self-service data preparation products. It also provides technical support; and consulting and training services. The company sells its products directly to customers through sales force, as well as indirectly through value added channel partners and resellers in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Suresnes, France. Talend S.A. is a subsidiary of Talend Inc.

SAP SE operates as an enterprise application software and database company worldwide. It offers SAP HANA and SAP S/4HANA, which are in-memory computing platforms that store and process huge data, and eliminate the maintenance of separate legacy systems and siloed data; SAP BW/4HANA, a data warehouse software; SAP S/4HANA Cloud, a software-as-a-service solution that provides the scalability, ease of management, and security; SAP SuccessFactors, a suite of human capital management solutions to develop, manage, engage, and empower the workforce; SAP Concur, a travel and expense management solution; SAP Ariba, a guided buying, light enablement, and open platform solution; and SAP Fieldglass, a solution to procure and manage external workforce. The company also provides SAP Cloud Platform, an in-memory platform-as-a-service to build, run, and extend business applications; SAP BusinessObjects Cloud, a cloud analytics solution; SAP Digital Boardroom, a solution to access company data in real time; and SAP Leonardo, a solution to digitize manufacturing, logistics, and asset management processes, as well as maintenance, consulting, and training services. It serves various lines of business, including asset management, commerce, finance, human resources, manufacturing, marketing, research and development/engineering, sales, service, sourcing and procurement, supply chain, and sustainability, as well as the consumer, discrete manufacturing, energy and natural resources, financial services, public services, and services sectors. The company has a strategic partnership with Apple Inc. to build a SAP Cloud Platform software development kit for iOS that enables businesses, designers, and developers to build their own native iOS apps for iPhones and iPads. SAP SE was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Walldorf, Germany.